Unit 53 bull elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EM053O1M
- Unit
- 53
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 20 of 20 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 0 points: the report shows 25 of 39 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 25%.
2026 draw by point level
First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.
| Points | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 14 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 4 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 3 | – | – | – | 7 | 7 | 100% |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 9 | 8 | 89% |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 9 | 9 | 100% |
| 0 | 20 | 20 | 100% | 39 | 25 | 64% |
| All | 26 | 26 | 100% | 67 | 52 | 78% |
Year by year
Permits are the hunt's total; CPW doesn't split them by residency in this report.
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2026 | 85 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 67 | 52 | 0 |
| 2025 | 85 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 72 | 56 | 0 |
| 2024 | 85 | 38 | 35 | 0 | 56 | 48 | 0 |
| 2023 | 85 | 23 | 23 | Choice 2 | 48 | 48 | Choice 2 |
| 2022 | 85 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 69 | 49 | 0 |
| 2021 | 85 | 32 | 32 | Choice 2 | 45 | 41 | Choice 2 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | 21 | 25% |
Reading these numbers
Colorado ranks first-choice applicants by preference points (one point for each year you miss your first choice), with nonresidents capped at a share of each hunt's licenses. Hunts that took 10+ resident points the year before and have 5+ licenses also run a hybrid draw: up to 20% of licenses go at random to applicants with at least 5 points. For moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat, each miss after 3 preference points adds a weighted point that improves a random draw instead; for those species the point level shown is preference plus weighted points. Numbers are adult first-choice applicants; youth and landowner (LPP) applicants are reported separately by CPW and left out.
Sources
- 2026PostDrawRecapReport_ELK-26_05142026_1426(draw)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_ELK-25_05172025_0612(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Statewide Harvest Final(harvest)
- 20242024-Primary-ELK-Post-Draw-Report(draw)
- 20232023ElkDrawRecap(draw)
- 20222022ElkDrawRecap(draw)
- 20212021ElkDrawRecap(draw)
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Other hunts in unit 53
- Unit 53 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM053O1A)(deer)
- Unit 53 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM053O1M)(deer)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053O2R)(deer)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053O3R)(deer)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053O4R)(deer)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053P2R)(deer)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053P3R)(deer)
- Unit 53 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM053O1R)
- Unit 53 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM053O4R)
- Unit 53 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM053O1X)(moose)
- Unit 53 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF053O1M)
- Unit 53 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF053O1R)
- Unit 53 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF053O2R)
- Unit 53 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF053O3R)
- Unit 53 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF053O4R)
- Unit 53 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF053P5R)
- Unit 53 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF053P5R)(deer)
- Unit 53 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE053V1A)
- Unit 53 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE053P1R)
- Unit 53 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE053P4R)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 51 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF051O1M)
- Unit 51 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM051O1M)
- Unit 52 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE052O1A)
- Unit 52 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE052P1A)
- Unit 54 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF054O1M)
- Unit 54 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM054O1M)
- Unit 55 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF055O1M)
- Unit 55 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM055O1M)